Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a gamble between being bumped off for lying earlier or allowing him to think he was gaining no advantage by my presence in the household . |
| 2 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 3 | The principal is required to give his clerk specified minimum training ( or to enable him to receive it from others ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Alternatively , a woman may have low self-esteem , feeling she can only impress others or make them like her by buying status symbols or the latest fashions . |
| 5 | Her hands flew to his shoulders , but whether to fend him off or make him stay she could not have said . |
| 6 | made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being |
| 7 | His occasional outbursts of anger shocked those around him , but he felt an uncontrollable flame of fury whenever he saw a child being bullied or mistreated which blinded him to all else . |
| 8 | These er er orders today are n't based on a thorough inquiry er into how audits on the the financial institutions are conducted , what 's wrong with them , what goes wrong , not even a thorough er inquiry into what happened in the B C C I case , er we ca n't legislate , we ca n't legi or regulate I put it without er er er a thorough inquiry and yet here we have er orders brought in er without inquiry . |
| 9 | Is there any reason to suppose her otherwise , or has anybody taken it into his head to try her ? |
| 10 | Has it made him more docile and thus easier to control , or has it destabilised him ? |
| 11 | For a resident , little things become so big when your whole life can revolve round what 's for lunch and can you sit in your usual place or has someone pinched it ? |
| 12 | ‘ Are these the same instructions as last time , or has he reissued them ? |
| 13 | Or has he had it " n good authority " that it is true ? |
| 14 | ‘ Shall I be mother and pour or d' you want me to disappear while you two talk Jockey Club business . ’ |
| 15 | I mean , that 's the kind of thing one often hears on this programme , is it wishful thinking or d' you think we could actually achieve it ? |
| 16 | I certainly do n't have to let him take advantage of it or let him bludgeon me into a marriage that would be power-based and intolerable . |
| 17 | But you do n't tell him Condor is a DIA operation or let him think you 're with DIA HUMINT . |
| 18 | But instead of setting about matters in a straightforward way and asking Marko if he would sell him the ram , or let him have it as a gift-which Marko might well have done , for he was a good-natured young man-the king asked the advice of his prime minister Milosu , who was Marko 's uncle . |
| 19 | Serve the food properly or let me do it . ’ |
| 20 | You 'd think he would either apply for another one or , or let you have his . |
| 21 | It was as if a subliminal message had passed between them ; as if she had said aloud , ‘ Look , I understand how things are between you and Alain Gebrec , but Iris does n't seem to and I do n't want her upset , ’ and as if he had responded , ‘ Do not worry , I will not say or do anything to hurt her . ’ |
| 22 | When you say Supported , do you mean they did n't object or do you mean they |
| 23 | Certainly my son never let it or allowed anyone to occupy it on either a temporary or permanent basis . |
| 24 | Dana darted after him but Roman did n't appear to notice her , or to hear her calling him , and she could only watch as he drove away . |
| 25 | If the new resolution is less than the original , you can show part of the original at full resolution , and pan it around if appropriate , or compress it to make it all visible . |
| 26 | but he used , instead of him buying the wood or getting me to give him the money for the wood , he cannibalized the fucking wardrobes and used the sides and the |
| 27 | ‘ Any bit of education or speaking I know I learned from Seth , ’ she says . |
| 28 | ( For example , if a comparison of a new intervention is made with current practice , minimum practice , or doing nothing do I agree that in my setting the same comparison programme would apply ? ) |
| 29 | ‘ Lachlan Cattanach , ’ Farquhar said sternly one day , ‘ will you for God 's sake be either forgetting the lass , or letting me carry her away up the hill for you ? |
| 30 | Or letting anyone know we 're here , Polly thought . |